Georgia SS7E10.a
The Standard
Understand that income is received from work and is limited.
Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies · Understand that a basic principle of effective personal money management is to live within one's income.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how a worker earns money through a job. They use a fixed pay amount to decide what can and cannot be purchased.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a weekly pay amount and a list of expenses, a student keeps total spending at or below the pay amount. The student explains why earning money does not allow unlimited spending.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a paycheck provides enough money for every want. They may also confuse income with borrowed money, gifts, or the total amount available on a credit card.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: “Jordan earns $90 this week and wants items costing $35, $40, and $25. Can Jordan buy all three? Explain.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs 20 income tokens and expense cards, then have them choose purchases without spending more than 20 tokens.
Write: Why can a worker with a steady job still be unable to buy everything they want?
Play Paycheck Limits: students draw job cards and race to build a spending plan that stays within the listed pay.
Compare two local job ads, calculate weekly earnings from hours and pay rates, then list what each income could cover.
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Related Standards
- SS6E13
Understand that a basic principle of effective personal money management is to live within one's income.
- SS6E13.a
The 6th Grade version of this standard.
- SSKE2
Explain that people earn income by working.
- SS1E4
Explain that people earn income by working and that they must make choices about how much to save and spend.
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